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Paul and Carole’s Year of Travel 2018

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Paul and Carole’s Year of Travel 2018 A year older and a year wiser! To be honest we did not have the best start to 2018, we were thrown a real curve ball with some health issues. However, reflecting on …

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Marella Discovery Cruise Ship Review – Food and Dining Options

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Marella Discovery Cruise Ship Food and Restaurant Review Here is our Marella Discovery Cruise Ship Food and Restaurant Review and after spending two weeks on this ship cruising around Norway Seeking the Northern Lights we certainly ate a lot! We …

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Paul and Carole’s Cruise News November 26th 2018

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Paul and Carole’s Cruise News 26th November 2018 Our cruise news today focuses on Celebrity, Carnival and our current favourite Marella Cruises! Celebrity Cruises I have a fondness for Celebrity Cruises as I worked as a nurse many moons …

Posted in Cruising | Tagged apex, big, carnival, carole, celebration, celebrity, chicke, cruise, dock, dream, dry, edge, explorer, florida, love, Marella, news, november, nurse, oneal, paul, shaquille, ship, travel | Leave a comment

Outside Cabin Review – Marella Discovery Cruise Ship

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Outside Cabin Review Marella Discovery Cruise Ship We spent two weeks in an outside cabin on the Marella Discovery Cruise Ship. We were allocated cabin 2544 on Deck 2, and here is our comprehensive review to see if this cabin …

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River Cruising – Will I change his mind?

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River Cruising – Yes or No? The fact of the matter is that I would love to try river cruising but Paul is adamant that this type of cruising is not for him. Attempts at discussing this type of cruising …

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Cruise News and our membership to the #ChooseCruise Club

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Paul and Carole’s Cruise News 8th November 2018 We have just become members of the CLIA #ChooseCruise Club and wanted to share this news with you. We want to bring you what’s new in the world of cruising with …

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Marella Discovery Cruise Review – Seeking the Northern Lights

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Marella Discovery Cruise Review Seeking the Northern Lights Our Marella Discovery Cruise Review explains what it is like to cruise with Marella. We joined the Marella Discovery Cruise Ship in Southampton for a 14 night cruise to Norway. The cruise …

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Reasons why you should consider a Cruise Holiday

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Reasons Why You Should Consider A Cruise Holiday by Paul and Carole My love for a cruise holiday began nearly 30 years ago when I had the opportunity to work as a nurse on Celebrity Cruises, however it took me …

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Our first Princess Cruise Experience – Visiting the Royal Princess Cruise Ship

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Our first Princess Cruise experience The Royal Princess Cruise Ship What does this cruise ship have to offer? We were invited by Princess Cruises to come to Southampton and spend the day on the Royal Princess Cruise Ship. This was …

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Saga Sapphire Cruise Ship

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Cruising with Saga Is it just for the really old? The name Saga has always been associated with the elderly, and now that we are over 50 we wanted to see for ourselves if this cruise line is really just …

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Hooters and Habaneras – Paul and Carole’s Travel Guide to Havana

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Hooters and Habaneras Paul and Carole’s Travel Guide to Havana We visited Havana in Cuba as part of our cruise holiday around the Caribbean. Havana is one of the most interesting destinations we have visited and we have put this …

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Balmoral Cruise Ship Day Visit

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Fred Olsen Cruise Line and the Balmoral Cruise Ship Our Day visit by Paul and Carole The cruise industry is growing at an alarming rate and focus is mostly on what is new and exciting. Cruise ships are getting bigger …

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MSC Opera Cruise Ship Review – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

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MSC Opera Cruise Ship The Good, Bad and the Ugly! We joined the MSC Opera Cruise Ship in Havana Cuba and sailed around the Caribbean and Central America. We have cruised many times before but had never cruised with MSC. We …

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2017 – The Year Paul and Carole travelled to Mars!

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2017 The Year Paul and Carole travelled to Mars! Last year we published a post called 12 Trips in 12 Months showing our adventures of 2016. Now that we are coming to the end of 2017 we have put together …

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The Best and Worst Cruise Ports – Cruise Bloggers reveal all!

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The Best and Worst Cruise Ports Around the World Cruise Bloggers reveal all! We have cruised many times and are always planning our next cruising adventure. Whenever you go on a fly cruise holiday, the ports that you visit can …

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Chania Crete Cruise Port Information – Know before you go!

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Chania Crete Cruise Port Information – Know before you go! This summer we had a wonderful cruise on the Thomson Dream Cruise Ship around the Greek Islands. Following our stops at Rhodes and Santorini we visited Chania Crete. If you are …

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Rhodes Greece Cruise Port Information – How to make the most of your day!

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Rhodes Greece Cruise Port Information How to make the most of your day! On our recent Aegean Shores Cruise on the Thomson Dream Cruise Ship we visited the island of Rhodes Greece. If you are planning a visit we …

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Marella Dream Cruise Ship Review

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What is it like to cruise on the Marella Dream Cruise Ship Our Review – Paul and Carole Please note – in October 2017 Thomson cruises re branded as Marella Cruises part of the TUI group. The Thomson Dream cruise …

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Santorini Cruise Port Information – Paul and Carole

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Cruising to Santorini? Ideas on how to spend your day! One of the reasons we booked our recent Aegean Shores Cruise on the Thomson Dream Cruise Ship was the excellent itinerary which included the island of Santorini in Greece. We …

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10 Reasons for cruising with Marella

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10 Reasons to Cruise With Marella If you have been following our blog it will come as no surprise that we love cruising. We have now cruised 12 times and have already have 1 more booked. We have found the best …

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